The Fundamental Principles of Physics: From Atom to Molecule

Contents
Preface
Foreword
Chapter I
	I-I. The Macroscopic and Microscopic Domains
	I-II. Highlighting the Complexity of Atoms
	I-III. Chemical Elements
	I-IV. Periodic Classification of Elements (Descriptive)
	I-V. Tutorial for Chapter I
Chapter II
	II-I. Some Reminders About the Wave-Like Nature of Light
	II-II. The Corpuscular Aspect of Light
	II-IV. Tutorial for Chapter II
Chapter III
	III-I. The Davisson and Germer Experiment
	III-II. The Jönsson Experiment (1961)
	III-III. The Möllenstedt Experiment (1955)
	III-IV. The Meaning of the Square of the Amplitude
	III-V. Tutorial for Chapter III
Chapter IV
	IV-I. The Franck-Hertz Experiment
	IV-II. The Emission Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen
	IV-III. The Absorption Spectrum Of Atomic Hydrogen
	IV-IV. Generalization to Hydrogenic Atoms
	IV-V. Tutorial for Chapter IV
Chapter V
	V-I. Bohr’s Model of Hydrogenic Atoms
	V-II. Perfecting Bohr’s Model
	V-III. Tutorial for Chapter V
Chapter VI
	VI-I. Theoretical Explanation of Energy Quantization
	VI-II. Schrödinger’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom
	VI-III. Extension of the Model to Polyelectronic Atoms
	VI-IV. Tutorial for Chapter VI
Chapter VII
	VII-I. The Chemical Bond According to Lewis
	VII-II. The Chemical Bond according to Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory
	VII-III. Theories Dealing with Molecular Geometry
	VII-IV. Extended Systems and the Hückel Lcao Method
	VII-V. Tutorial for Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
	VIII-I. Electrocyclic Reactions
	VIII-II. Woodward-Hoffmann’s Selection Rules
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Index